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Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death is FINALLY revealed – after her family objected to autopsy

Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death is FINALLY revealed – after her family objected to autopsy

Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death at 39 years old has finally been revealed nearly two months after her tragic pᴀssing.

The Gossip Girl star is said to have died due to complications from diabetes mellitus, according to a statement from the New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

Officials with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner cited lab results in declaring their findings to Dailymail.com. 

It was not immediately clear if the entertainer, who had struggled with health issues in the timeframe prior to her pᴀssing, had type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 

Trachtenberg’s cause of death was classified as ‘natural,’ medical examiners said in their new report.  

Trachtenberg’s relatives had past cited religion as a reason why they did not want the results of her autopsy made public.  

The cause of the February death of actress Michelle Trachtenberg has been revealed as diabetes, after her family initially objected to releasing the results. Pictured in LA in 2023

The cause of the February death of actress Michelle Trachtenberg has been revealed as diabetes, after her family initially objected to releasing the results. Pictured in LA in 2023

Trachtenberg - who got her start as a child performer - was best known for her roles on the shows Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, alongside Blake Lively and Sarah Michelle Gellar , respectively. Pictured in Washington, DC in 2015

Trachtenberg – who got her start as a child performer – was best known for her roles on the shows Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, alongside Blake Lively and Sarah Michelle Gellar , respectively. Pictured in Washington, DC in 2015

 

Trachtenberg – who got her start as a child performer – was best known for her roles on the shows Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, alongside Blake Lively and Sarah Michelle Gellar, respectively. 

On February 27, authorities with the New York Police Department were summoned to a Manhattan apartment in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, where the performer was seen ‘unconscious and unresponsive.’ 

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